Year-End Lists

Lists

1. The 45 Best Albums of 2025: The Forty-Five
1. The Best Albums of 2025: Chris Willman: Variety
3. Best Albums of 2025: Passerby
3. The Best Albums of 2025: Steven J. Horowitz: Variety
3. The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Independent
4. 2025 Albums of the Year: DIY
6. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: The Fader
6. The Best Albums of 2025: Spencer Kornhaber: Atlantic
7. The Best Albums of 2025: Thania Garcia: Variety
7. Albums of 2025: The Skinny
7. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Guardian
8. Top 100 Albums of 2025: Under the Radar
11. Top 55 Albums of 2025: Brooklyn Vegan
11. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Time Out
11. The Best Albums of 2025: Flood
12. The Best 50 Albums of 2025: Billboard
12. 25 Favourite Albums of 2025: Drowned in Sound
13. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: NME
13. Albums of the Year 2025: God Is In The TV
14. Top Albums of 2025: Emilie Hanskamp
20. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Niall Byrne: Nialler9
21. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
26. Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
33. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone
34. Top 50 Albums of 2025: Beats Per Minute
36. 50 Best Albums of 2025: Exclaim
49. The Best Albums of 2025: The Line of Best Fit
61. The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
99. 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib

• The Best Albums of 2025: Atwood Magazine
• The 10 Best Albums of 2025: Alan Light: Esquire
• The Best Albums of 2025: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
• The Best Albums of 2025: Economist
• The 45 Best Albums of 2025: Vogue
• Best Pop Music Albums of 2025: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Albums of the Year 2025: New Statesman